QF announce non-stop Perth-London B787 Services

[JohnM]

I’ve reached PER. Good ride.

A few observations and comments:

We left LHR at about 0730. Somewhat bizarrely, I thought, they decided to serve breakfast. That was sort of OK for LHR time but bore no resemblance to PER time.

Several hours later, I asked when dinner would be served and was informed it would be about 3 hours out from PER - when ETA was 0730. Even more bizarre, I thought, but the FA said that’s what the CSM had decreed.

Anyway, I asked for dinner then so I could settle into a night’s sleep based on PER time.

The menu is very much ‘small plates’ serves - literally on small plates.



The dumplings were very good. Normally, I would run a mile from tofu but I gave it a crack and glad I did. Apparently it’s a new menu from 1 Sept.



The cutlery is appalling. Picnic Cutlery (tm) Mark 2. It’s like it’s just pressed mild steel, blunt knives and the prongs of the forks are bendable.

Just what is it about QF that makes them find some obscure cub ‘designer’ and make such a fuss over things that the kid produces that is both formless and functionless? They have a consistent history of this in recent years .

The lamb was pretty good, but way too much couscous for me (and almost for the small plate). I managed to tear it apart with the hatchet passed off as a knife .





Cheese was quite good, with the best crackers ever.



I had three flat whites during the journey. The first two looked more like a cappucino. I put the froth down to altitude, but the third one, made by the CSM, was true to type.



Trundling along.

 

[JohnM]

And just a few things for @JessicaTam :









And I’d bet that the quarter of the cup comprised of sugar isn’t organic...

 

[Chalkie]

The cutlery is appalling. Picnic Cutlery (tm) Mark 2. It’s like it’s just pressed mild steel, blunt knives and the prongs of the forks are bendable.

Just what is it about QF that makes them find some obscure cub ‘designer’ and make such a fuss over things that the kid produces that is both formless and functionless? They have a consistent history of this in recent years .

The Mark Newson coffee cups were the WORST ever. I couldn't drink out of them without dribbling/spilling.

 

[JohnM]

Apparently yesterday’s 10 was the first cancellation on the service. It was an APU issue, then the crew ran out of time and they fell just short of raising a replacement crew.

The bird is terminating in PER and picking up the 9 out of PER tonight, as I understand it.

The ride really confirmed to me how noisy the B787 is compared with the A350. They also had the cabin temperature a bit too warm for my liking.

Just kicking back in the PER J Lounge before going for a dom A330 ride to MEL and back today just to finish off my DONE5 .

 

[JohnM]

The Mark Newson coffee cups were the WORST ever. I couldn't drink out of them without dribbling/spilling.

Leaning your head back far enough to drain the cup risked neck damage - or could be an audition for Cirque de Soleil .

And not forgetting the tipping plates...

 

[marki]

Put it all in a blender hit shrap hay and drink the combo sucking hard via a straw. I am sure it would be ok don't go purple.

 

[jb747]

I wonder how it will fare when the temperatures start to rise in Perth?

 

[JohnM]

I wonder how it will fare when the temperatures start to rise in Perth?

Who controls the cabin temp, JB? Flight deck or cabin crew?

I just felt that over the whole journey they had it a bit warm for my liking - but I am hyperactive and a hot sleeper. It may well have suited many others, although a lady I spoke to agrred with me.

 

[jb747]

Who controls the cabin temp, JB? Flight deck or cabin crew?

I expect that the base temperature is selected by the flight crew, with the cabin crew able to vary zones a couple of degrees around that base temperature. It isn't normally fiddled with (in other types), just being let to run automatically.

 

[Happy Trails]

The cutlery is appalling. Picnic Cutlery (tm) Mark 2. It’s like it’s just pressed mild steel, blunt knives and the prongs of the forks are bendable.

Just what is it about QF that makes them find some obscure cub ‘designer’ and make such a fuss over things that the kid produces that is both formless and functionless? They have a consistent history of this in recent years .

Agreed - that bloke should stick to designing pyjamas.

 

[JohnM]

Thus is probably a bit OT for this thread, but as it happened on this ride, I’ll relate it here.

In LHR, I saw this woman with an incredibly bruised face in the QF10 throng. I thought she looked like Germaine Greer, but wasn’t sure as she looked very badly beaten-up.

Anyway, I spotted her name on a BP and when we get to PER, she’s already in the DOM J Lounge (wheelchaired pax).

I plonk myself down near her and say: “Did someone take exception to something you wrote?!” (I have no shame...).

The flat response: “They always do.”

Hmmm, I’ve hung around academics half my life. Me thinks: ‘Uh-oh, here we go again - devoid of a sense of humour, linear thinking, boring and a degree of conceit by the (ahem, elderly) Prof .’ Errr, d’oh, OK lady, you didn’t quite get it did you?...

Me: “That’s why I said it.” Thinking: ‘OK, so this probably means she wasn’t beaten up by a gang of neocons...’

Still blank.

I then received a detailed description of how she has fallen down the stairs and banged her head and face on the large antique doorknob, only 36 hours before flying. It seems she just carried on and got to the airport - at which point the staff sent her off for a medical assessment.

Do I dare say a person who knows how to talk but not how to listen....

Didn’t make my day, but did contribute.

 

[JohnM]

Agreed - that bloke should stick to designing pyjamas.

Noooo! Sack that bloke.

The latest F jimjams are appalling. I’m slim and a large pair was tight on me. Damned uncomfortable. I always roll up the sleeves and that was nigh on impossible without constraining circulation in my arms.

I don’t expect JB to comment, but the staff suits to me look tight and not very comfortable.

QF too easily gets sucked into trendyism with these nobody ‘designers’ IMO.

 

[mitti]

Thus is probably a bit OT for this thread, but as it happened on this ride, I’ll relate it here.

In LHR, I saw this woman with an incredibly bruised face in the QF10 throng. I thought she looked like Germaine Greer, but wasn’t sure as she looked very badly beaten-up.

Anyway, I spotted her name on a BP and when we get to PER, she’s already in the DOM J Lounge (wheelchaired pax).

I plonk myself down near her and say: “Did someone take exception to something you wrote?!” (I have no shame...).

The flat response: “They always do.”

Hmmm, I’ve hung around academics half my life. Me thinks: ‘Uh-oh, here we go again - devoid of a sense of humour, linear thinking, boring and a degree of conceit by the (ahem, elderly) Prof .’ Errr, d’oh, OK lady, you didn’t quite get it did you?...

Me: “That’s why I said it.” Thinking: ‘OK, so this probably means she wasn’t beaten up by a gang of neocons...’

Still blank.

I then received a detailed description of how she has fallen down the stairs and banged her head and face on the large antique doorknob, only 36 hours before flying. It seems she just carried on and got to the airport - at which point the staff sent her off for a medical assessment.

Do I dare say a person who knows how to talk but not how to listen....

Didn’t make my day, but did contribute.

Perhaps she did get it, but after spending a long time travelling and dealing with delays, all with a bruised face and whatever else after the fall, she didn't appreciate the comment from a stranger on her appearance, well meaning as it was?

Understandable, I think. I wouldn't want anyone talking to me in that state.

 

[JohnM]

Perhaps she did get it, but after spending a long time travelling and dealing with delays, all with a bruised face and whatever else after the fall, she didn't appreciate the comment from a stranger on her appearance, well meaning as it was?

Understandable, I think. I wouldn't want anyone talking to me in that state.

No, the tone was good-natured enough but the response had a certain pompousness and regaling in some self-indulgent detail about the circumstances. I did weigh up her demeanour before making my comment; she was clearly not writhing in pain or moping. Anyway, be it as it may, and not appropriately the subject of ongoing discussion here.

 

[Chalkie]

Noooo! Sack that bloke.

The latest F jimjams are appalling. I’m slim and a large pair was tight on me. Damned uncomfortable. I always roll up the sleeves and that was nigh on impossible without constraining circulation in my arms.

I don’t expect JB to comment, but the staff suits to me look tight and not very comfortable.

QF too easily gets sucked into trendyism with these nobody ‘designers’ IMO.

Yep. The current F PJs are absurdly small. I have a pair from Emirates which are the best. Roomy and sufficiently warm to be able to comfortably sleep with only the light cover. I plan on wearing them to rags.

 

[JohnK]

Recent figures from the British Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), published by the UK’s The Telegraph, revealed the marathon flights have been taking off with only about 78 per cent of seats filled, prompting Qantas to deny suggestions the route was underperforming.

This quote from article on the disruptive passenger on QF9. Qantas has been reporting higher yields.

 

[oz_mark]

This quote from article on the disruptive passenger on QF9. Qantas has been reporting higher yields.

"Only 78%". 78% doesn't sound terrible to me - especially if you are selling tickets at a good price!

 

[JohnK]

"Only 78%". 78% doesn't sound terrible to me - especially if you are selling tickets at a good price!

Hasn't Qantas been announcing loads 90%+?

 

[Ansett]

Perhaps they are going over on the 9 and are so disappointed they are swapping to to the 2 on the way back LOL so 90 over 78 back

 

[JohnM]

After a bit of toing-and-froing with QF, I finally got the form to fill in for my EC261/2004 compensation for the massively delayed 10 of 2 Sept. EUR600 ($976) winging my way.

While it is easy enough to find on the QF website the document that describes EC261/2004, there is nothing that I could see explaining how to make a claim. It seems that the claim form to fill in has to be sent from a Customer Care agent - which means raising an incident with CC.